JOHNSON, John

WI 43rd Inf Co D. Residence: Beloit, Rock County, Wisconsin. Johnson was born in Norway. Civil War: Farmer. Age 20. Unmarried. Blue eyes, brown hair, light complexion, 5’9”. Enlisted for one year on 27 Aug 1864 at Janesville, Wisconsin, as a substitute for W. W. Wood of Beloit, Rock County, Wisconsin. Mustered there the same day. Private. Sick in a hospital at Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, during January 1865. Mustered out 10 May 1865 at Prairie du Chien. Sources: (WHS Series 1200 box 178-5; red book vol 48; blue book 49)